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Sheffield Scientific School 197
Forest View Cemetery, Winsted Survived by wife, son, and a sister,
Miss Helena B. Alford (B A. Smith College 1906) of Buffalo, N Y
Hamilton Fish Benjamin, Ph.B. 1898.
Born January 21, 1877, in Washington, D C
Died October 26, 1938, tn Atlantic Beach, N Y
Father, Colonel Samuel Nicoll Benjamin (U S Military Academy
1861); son of Wdham Massaena and Sarah Jane (Turk) Benjamin of New
York City. Mother, Juha Kean (Fish) Benjamin, daughter of Hamdton
Fish (B A. Columbia 1827) and Juha (Kean) Fish of New York City
Yale relatives mclude John Kean, '76, Julian H Kean, '76, Percy W.
Arnold, '96 S., Edwm B. King, '98, and Stuyvesant Fish, '05 (cousms)
St Mark's School Mechanical engmeermg course, substitute Umversity Football Team and member Class football team Freshman year,
"University Football Te^fn Jumor and Semor years, vice-president Umversity Football Association and vice-president of his Class Semor year,
Cup man; member Umversity Club, Renaissance Club, The Druids, St
Mark's Club (vice-president Semor year), and St Anthony and Delta
Psi.
Clerk Farmers Loan & Trust Company, New York City, 1898-1901,
associated with banking firm of Joseph Walker & Sons, New York City,
1901-03, organized firm of Benjamm, Ferguson [John S, '00] & Mc-
Murty, New York City, 1904 (semor partner 1904-17 and of its successor, Benjamm & Ferguson, 1917-38); member New York Stock Exchange 1902-32 (governing committee 1919-30), vice-president smce
1909 and director Andros Realty Company, director Ruland & Benjamm, Inc ; for five years a member Squadron A, New York National
Guard; enlisted as pnvate, 1st class, Aviation Section, Signal Reserve
Corps November 12, 1917, tramed at Signal Corps Aviation School for
nonliving officers, Kelly Field, graduating January 12, 1918, assigned to
duty m the office of department aeronautical officer, Southern department, Fort Sam Houston; commissioned First Lieutenant January 20,
1918, and subsequendy served m department of aeronautical officer of
the Eastern division, as commandant of the An* Service Mechanical
Training School at Carnegie Institute of Technology, with the First
Reserve Wmg, Hazlehurst Field, Mineola, and under the director of
Military Aeronautics, Washington; discharged December 2, 1918, member Umon Club, twenty-five- and thirty-year reumon committees, St
Anthony Club (president 1928-34), and Osteopathic Society, New York
City (president board of directors New York Osteopathic Clinic
1936-38).
Married (1) January 2,1909, m Lenox, Mass, Emdy Low, daughter of
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1935-1940 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1935-1940 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 197 |
| Transcript | Sheffield Scientific School 197 Forest View Cemetery, Winsted Survived by wife, son, and a sister, Miss Helena B. Alford (B A. Smith College 1906) of Buffalo, N Y Hamilton Fish Benjamin, Ph.B. 1898. Born January 21, 1877, in Washington, D C Died October 26, 1938, tn Atlantic Beach, N Y Father, Colonel Samuel Nicoll Benjamin (U S Military Academy 1861); son of Wdham Massaena and Sarah Jane (Turk) Benjamin of New York City. Mother, Juha Kean (Fish) Benjamin, daughter of Hamdton Fish (B A. Columbia 1827) and Juha (Kean) Fish of New York City Yale relatives mclude John Kean, '76, Julian H Kean, '76, Percy W. Arnold, '96 S., Edwm B. King, '98, and Stuyvesant Fish, '05 (cousms) St Mark's School Mechanical engmeermg course, substitute Umversity Football Team and member Class football team Freshman year, "University Football Te^fn Jumor and Semor years, vice-president Umversity Football Association and vice-president of his Class Semor year, Cup man; member Umversity Club, Renaissance Club, The Druids, St Mark's Club (vice-president Semor year), and St Anthony and Delta Psi. Clerk Farmers Loan & Trust Company, New York City, 1898-1901, associated with banking firm of Joseph Walker & Sons, New York City, 1901-03, organized firm of Benjamm, Ferguson [John S, '00] & Mc- Murty, New York City, 1904 (semor partner 1904-17 and of its successor, Benjamm & Ferguson, 1917-38); member New York Stock Exchange 1902-32 (governing committee 1919-30), vice-president smce 1909 and director Andros Realty Company, director Ruland & Benjamm, Inc ; for five years a member Squadron A, New York National Guard; enlisted as pnvate, 1st class, Aviation Section, Signal Reserve Corps November 12, 1917, tramed at Signal Corps Aviation School for nonliving officers, Kelly Field, graduating January 12, 1918, assigned to duty m the office of department aeronautical officer, Southern department, Fort Sam Houston; commissioned First Lieutenant January 20, 1918, and subsequendy served m department of aeronautical officer of the Eastern division, as commandant of the An* Service Mechanical Training School at Carnegie Institute of Technology, with the First Reserve Wmg, Hazlehurst Field, Mineola, and under the director of Military Aeronautics, Washington; discharged December 2, 1918, member Umon Club, twenty-five- and thirty-year reumon committees, St Anthony Club (president 1928-34), and Osteopathic Society, New York City (president board of directors New York Osteopathic Clinic 1936-38). Married (1) January 2,1909, m Lenox, Mass, Emdy Low, daughter of |